Hair-pin.



B. L. SCOTT.

HAIR PIN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26, 1909.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

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BESSIE LEACH SCOTT, OFSCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAIR-PIN.

Specification of Letters'PatentQ Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

Application filed February 26, 1909. Serial No. 480,133.

1'0 all whomit may concern.

Be it known that I, Bessie LEACH Soorr, a c tizen of the United States,residing at Scranton. in the county of Lackawanna and 5 State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in heir pins. and the object isto provide what may be termed a self-clamping hair pin, due to the shapeof the pin and the elasticity of the material composing re- A furtherobject is to provide .a i tn which may be easily inserted orremovetlftrom the hair, and hold the hair in its own position. i

Still another objectis to provide a pin, which is useful in wearingfalse hair and place and retain particularly utfs made of ones own hair,as

it adapter to hold throughout its entire length as contradistinguishedfrom pins which hold only at the points or for a 1mited spaced at themiddle of the pin.

5 With these objects in view, I would state that I am not unmindful thathair pins have hitherto been made with parallel ends coming together,and with out-turned )oiuted terminals forming a locking throat, ut my 3presentinrention (litters therefrom and contains two loo )s of differentsizes and two straight parallel legs, having fiattenedinner edges. whichare .in contact with each other throughout their length when in repose,

3 wvhereby the pin is effective to hold the hair in place while the pinitself retains its own position.

Mr invention further-consists in certain novel -1"'eatures ofconstruction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafterdescribed and pointed out in tlie clainn In the accompanying drawings:-Figure l. is a view in'perspective showing the position of the pin inthe act of inserting it in the hair; Fig. 2is a view of the pin in itsnormal condition; Fig. 3 shows it spread or open; and l ig. 4 1s asection looking into the pin.

.i'represents the head of the pin. This is preferablycircular in formand flattened and reinforced as shbwn and B is an intermediate loopsmaller than the head but large enough for the insertion of the fingerthe wearer desires to remove it tip as illustrated in Fig. 1; and C, Care the .legs, which are straight throughout and flattened ontheir inneredges as shown at 1, l and normally in contact throughout their lengths,whereloy when the pin is in its normal condition of repose the two legsform a general taper throughout their length with more or less pointedextremities as shown in Fig. 2, to facilitate applying the pin to thehair.

In inserting the in it is opened by the pressure of the fore finger inthe intermediate 100 B and the thumb at the top of the head as s 1own inFig. l, and when ready to insert it appears as shown in Fig. 3 of thedrawings. When inserted andreleased it resumes its normal position, thelegs either coming together or as close in' contactas the hair betweenthe-members will permit, When the finger is removed after placing thepin in the hair, the natural inclination of the pin to clasp around thehair will hold the pin in place and it cannot be removed again untilopened by the insertion of the finger as prewith an unobstructed passagefrom one to the other and terminating in two legs having parallelflattened inner edges, which .lie in contact with each other throughouttheir length when the pin is in its normal position of repose wherebythe pin is self-closing and prevented from accidental displacement wheninserted in the hair. l

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature,

- in the presence of two witnesses.

essie LEACH soo'r'r.

Witnesses:

M. L. Bmonnns, M. S. BEEMER.

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